The Three "Rs" to Overcoming Resentment

As we approach the Spring Holy Days, I want to talk to you about an emotion that can wound us deeply and leave lifelong scars. What’s worse, you may not even know you have it until the damage is already done. It sneaks up on you and masks itself as something else until it’s got you and then it’s a struggle to break free of it. What am I talking about? It’s resentment and it can happen to anyone. If we don’t recognize it early it will take root and try to weave itself into the fabric of our lives so if we know what’s good for us, we will take time now to try and identify it before becomes entrenched in our lives.

Jeff Richards serves as pastor for the United Church of God congregations in Bend and Medford, Oregon.